Cavaliers Preview Game #3
November 1, 2008John Harbaugh Dedicates Game to Modell
November 2, 2008
The Browns and Ravens are all set to match up for the second time this season. The weather should be good, in the 50’s for most of the day, with normal levels of wind. Now that I have fulfilled the Dick Goddard portion of the post, on with the game.
We know that Ryan Tucker won’t be playing today. There are plenty of predictions for how the game will go right over here. Terry Pluto is talking Browns at Cleveland.com. Also, Bruce Springsteen and the Democrats (that should be his new band name) will be having an acoustic concert / political rally at 4 PM to coincide with the end of the Browns game. So either go check out the boss, or park appropriately so you don’t get caught up in that traffic nightmare.
Keep checking in here and comment often. Who’d a thunk after the first Ravens game that the Browns’ season would still be interesting at this point?
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B-bo, I don’t want to sound like a dick, but if Romeo and DA are the reasons you stop being a Browns fan than you are less of a fan. I’m not saying we have to support them no matter what, because I hate them both and want them gone, but have some pride in your team, be there through thick and thin. If you made it through the years where they had no hope of winning, than surely you can make it through a season where they have talent but are being held back. If you stop being a Browns fan, don’t bother about coming back once they are good because we don’t want you. In fact, I’m not sure I want anyone supporting my team who is even considering a circumstance where they would stop being a Browns fan, have some pride or just go root for a perennial winner like the Patriots or something. Enjoy the hollow relationship you will have with whatever team you choose to root for. That goes for everyone. You can be pissed, angry, frustrated and dumbfounded but you are always supportive of the team itself, if not the players
How many career wins does Crennel have over AFC North opponents? 4? 5? in now his 4th year as coach?
I don’t even know what to think of this team.
Hey B-Bo, I feel your pain. DA and Romeo both need to be gone. Still, your comment about K2 is a bit crazy. K2 occasionally keeps his head down but I am not going to look at one game following a suspension as undeniable proof that he is not going to be a cancer.
These are the things that we can’t know as fans watching at the stadium and on TV. The only people who know are the people in the huddle, on the sidelines and in the locker room.
I’ll spare you guys the long profanity laced tirade left on DP’s voicemail and get to the conclusion: my thoughts after today’s game? “I’m done.”
-note that is a ‘done for the year’ and not ‘done for all time’
i’m not going to schedule a day around a team that doesn’t give a crap.
I loved hearing those “BRADY, BRADY” chants in the 4th quarter. My thoughts exactly; It was kind of the equivalent of me yelling at the TV – but this time DA could hear it.
I keep thinking about a comment that someone made here a few weeks ago. It was something along the lines of “How BAD of a job does this guy (DA) have to do to let the backup quarterback at least have a shot at taking a few snaps?”
Maybe Brady will get some playing time on Thursday? Hopefully. I’d love to see it.
And I’d love to see Braylon make some catches… and Stallworth to be healthy. Cribbs and Phil Dawson are doing great though!
What exactly makes anyone think that Brady is going to play this week? Unfortunately, (or perhaps, fortunately) I had to work on Sunday and didn’t catch any of the game on TV. I was able to listen to about the last minute on the radio, as well as the post game presser.
It was funny in a sad sort of way. The guy they had doing the locker room interviews sounded like he just watched his dog get hit by a semi, and Romeo was his typical, emotionless ho-hum self. Giving the same bullcrap generic answers:
Interviewer: Oh God. Oh dear lord in heaven. What a devastating, soul crushing, loss. I may not be able to get out of bed tomorrow. I may not even MAKE it to bed tonight, if you know what I mean. Coach, what happened here? How did this tragedy happen?
Romeo: Well, the offense and the defense just didn’t do the kinds of things that would have allowed us to finish the game with more points on the board than the other team.
So what makes anyone think that he is going to make a QB change now? You know, when we’re technically still alive for a wild card spot? Anderson has deserved a spot on the bench about 17 different times this year, but it hasn’t happened. Crennel will come out this week and say some garbage about how Quinn needs to be ready to go, and the Browns will come out with Anderson and throw all over the hapless Broncos defense. And instead of seeing that for what it is, Crennel will assume all is fine and continue to march DA out until the next 2 consecutive losses, where he will again make the Quinn statement.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat. 6-10.
Ricky: if it makes you feel like a better person because you can stomach the pathetic effort this team continually puts out on the field, then go with it. If it makes you a superior fan because you will put up with failure and stupidity week after week, then kudos to you. Maybe you can continually shake it off and be unaffected, but personally I don’t have that patience as much anymore. You want to get in a pissing contest over who has pride in their team, fine. I have neither the time nor the patience to sit here and attempt to justify or prove anything to anyone, least of all someone as seemingly arrogant as you. YOU don’t want ME coming around when the team gets better? Well I can’t tell you how much that just breaks my heart. Woe is me, whatever will I do? My apologies for voicing my growing frustrations with this team in one of the few arenas where I thought we as fans could do so–perhaps I was mistaken. I didn’t realize I would so offend your delicate nature. I should have more pride when the players, coaches, and management of this franchise clearly have very little themselves. But I’m a fan, so I should have to accept it? When did blind allegiance become the defining characteristic of a fan? Sometimes you have to call things as you see them. If that makes me less of a fan than you, so be it. I’ll still be in my Browns gear on Sundays, still rooting for the team, but I’m not going to dedicate myself to a team that isn’t dedicated to me or my hometown, and staying with RAC and DA would tell me that’s the case.
Craig: You’re right, we only see a small portion of a player on gameday. But as has often been the case since he came to this team, K2 was one of the few guys out there showing any heart. The offensive pass interference call was questionable at best. The bottom line is that it was ultimately the mental weakness of DA and Braylon, the lack of focus and effort from the secondary, and more bad playcalling that sunk this one. I’m tired of seeing people call for the head of a guy who actually seems to care about winning, that’s all.
Well said, B-bo.
You’ve pretty much exactly summed up the reasons why I’m a Republican who is going to vote Obama.
And it applies to the Browns as well.